Adrian Vasnev

Adrian Vsevolodovich Vasnev (died 1992) was a Russian arms smuggler who was responsible for importing weapons into Los Angeles after the end of the Cold War.

Biography
Adrian Vsevolodovich Vasnev was born in Irkutsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. He became involved with the Russian Mafia arms smugglers in the 1980s, and he smuggled weapons into the port of Los Angeles after the fall of the Berlin Wall in the 1990s. In 1992, he met with Ballas member Ukeme Lowe at the docks of Los Angeles to secure a deal, but Carl Johnson killed Vasnev and Lowe after Frank Tenpenny tipped him off about the meeting. This impaired the Ballas' ability to acquire imported Russian guns, and it also incurred the wrath of the Russian Mafia.